Electric amusement device



Oct. 2l., 1930. H. souPL-.ls

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ELECTRIC AAIJIUSENIEN'I.' DEVICE Filed July 25, 1929 4 Sheets-Shea?l 3 Tigl Oct.- 21, A1930.` H. souPLls ELECTRIC AHUSEMENT DEVICE med July 25, 1929 4 Sheets-Sheet 4 i* Y "o l i Y. I i

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l,This invention relates to electric vrjeognne'otvvoniotors are never rev olving4 etthe tions for trailers'ofmusenient devices1cepfj l'llle, mechanical'troubles'occur in fthel 'nolfi-V Y l l @ble ofbeing moved by electric power and this synchronous ytraISlIIl SSfOllSf the revolutions in all directions yup'o1'1e, .race constitutedby `tto,"theeemev'vhee'l, thefvehiclesbeing then `5.1:izu'ellel -conductivelstrips separated thevone v'repidly put out of use,'; 'i 50 "from the.otherbyineans'eof insulating ypatr-l f 3f-If the electriccircuits?onlyleolnprise# f allel strips, two successive conductivestrips 'butone'lsingle inotor controlledVA by e. syst/ einHr being respectively Vconnected to thetWO poles" O'SOlQIOids, svvixjhes,v relays: @gating so r1oeso11e .0f electriepower; The connec- ',tliat the rijotorfwll onlyfjbe'ffed'jbyasngle, 1.0 tions between the trailers and the conductive circuit at onetime, thissystern entirely does f55 strips .arernade by rubbers :mounted under yaway With the inconvenienoes'described WitlrV thetrailers VVand sliding Whilst-,remaining in. reference tothe twopreceding systems, but is Contact .Withfthe conductive stripsfso 'es 1to not satisfactory eXcep'tWhen the trailers are g feed anlelectriccircuitWith Which everyone winovi-ngin parallelism -With Ythe conductive, 1 A 15 ofthe .trailers provided "andincluding'aJ strips orl-accordingtotriangle not' exeeedi `11gz60 Y motoroperating'the letter."v This'devi'cefdoes 459 relaitivelyj'tothe,longitudiniglexisof:the I away with, every ycurrent"'supply disposed strips for any reeson, 'the'"itrrilersde-l {abovefthe trailers'andfthusavoids theuse T partV from thisflimitingangle,"the motor is ofia,trolley'thepresence offvvhichconstituted no longer fed With current, the Vtralilers'stop 2o la hindrance as rega'irds the 'height andthepandhaveto Weitnntihin virtue of theim-1e5 .shape given totherloofyo'i the amusement `pactL produced Aby "a treile'r yarriving after? device. fthern,` they ereretu'rn'ed, as regards direction,

The systemso this kinders usedaitpresent into ,the liinitingfzonesoas 'to 'be ble t'obe are `provided with' four 'rubbers` mounted `sterted again, this f 'inplavct determining the 25 underthe trailersaccording to a line ait/right destruction ofthe stock. "f 1 f' 'angle With fthe `longitudinal Iaxis, of Allftheebove nientionedinconveniences1ere trailers, these.v devices systems showing how- "evoidedby kthe judiciouserrangeinentoffsx y `fever lthe fffollowing disadvantages :r .1k c

SPliIiggit results'therefrom that as the oper` I Fgl Showsithealmngem-ntof thevrutb'brers, Y. y

vections .of efcir 'rubbers are simultaneously in contct-W'ithV ljQd'mQ-l n n 'the eonductive "s1-rips, both motors wiiljbq jjFigigshowsQn-elargerSpalefthe'arranges Started Simultaneously, the consumptionfoinent of@`rub10`-e1-underl-'a111,11?, f v

I .y 45 ipoweris-,exe'ggeretedandas `l]g re.cticelly'the' 'e `ere respectively enelevetion o0 with partial sectional view anda: lower plane Vof a trailer of the device. 1

' The latter comprises a race constituted by .parallel conductive strips l and 2 the width of which is indicated in a and which areseparated by parallel insulating strips 3 the width of which is b. All the stripsV lare contained .in cont-actwith tliefstripsfl, andgQ and Jforming "part, two'by two and D, Band C and F) of a same electric circuit comprisf ing amotor M which can be silpplelbyll'yzs Vv'one ofthe three circuits. Y Y

Practicehas shown that, whateveriinayrbe" the 'directionpf the trailers relatively to the "conductive'st'rips 'atflast'twoof the coupled* rubbers were always. respectively in'contact withtwosuccessive strips ci di'ere'i'it'polari- Fig." 1, the rubbers coi'istiti'ited the apeXes of an equilateral trianglev having 'for si'zje of side {2a-tb) and whenthe correspondingrubbers D, E, F constitiited the apexes of a second eqnilateraltrivfaiigle inside the above triangleand geometricorresponding switchesX, fY,"Z o

kind 21S cally `realized taking intoaccount that the distance Vof thev corresponding" rubbers AD,

2 .the-'length of the side of ai, square-having for ldiagonal the length (2d-lib), thecontact'surface of each rubber being represented by a square the side of u in combination with a'raceormedofparallel Y. r .eondi'i'ctivej strip'ss"separatedfbyjinsulating Y ..fThe.correspondingrubbers AD, BE "and CF forinpart of three electric circuits coin-v prising each a solenoid S1, Szor S respectively ldeterinining the4 closing and o ening'oi` the saineV these which are usedfor theequipele'ctroma'gneticdevice, notshowii. f Eachof i tclj Irelays R1` and R'zlable of deterii'iining,v

the tlireefswitches is coiinerctedto the terminals ofthe motoifMv (see Fig. j Finally,`theirst circuit still comprises two atthe moment they are excited, the opening of two;

y mounted respectively in the second andthird `circuits 4Thesecond.'circuit also comprises a `relay ,R3 which determines,` wheniiexcited,

lthe opening-of the switch It, normally closed.

'-andmounted inthe thirdcircuit.; l

When therrubbers A-and D lare'respect-ively tainingfthetwo other circuits op'eiiedfeven Figs. 15,6' and?? arejdetail Vviews of `atrubloer* Y controlled this sol whent'the rubbers B and E or and F were in contact with the strips 1 and 2'. The eeding of the motor M Veasily observed that if "the" second circuit would havebeen closed, the relay Rg would l maintain the third circuit opened',

Fig. l shows a diagram of connectionlcomprising a compound motor and allowing the trailers.' through the medium ofs` a two-pole reverserwith dea dpoint K branched upon the Y of the armature, tofrealiiefir-th'egfore or vbz'iclrm'otion or to revi'iflve aboutitselt. The electriccircuits comprise as in the previous (LSQ.

by thefinainswitches X, Y and Z without the out switch `H connected in the second circuit -but Oiiefatedby fheSWtQhX,endfwo'lirout ,Switches L' and" N "miintedfirl theilrd s Cir- Vcuit-,"biit operate lfrespectivelyfbythe switches wheels-eme one of which at its vwl'ieel and a front Whe'elfe steering ,ratas nasi device" comprising,

laritiea' trailers .'i'in'der' which 'siX""rubb `ers l are mounted V.forming respectively the apex'es of "two 'homo'thfetic equilateral triangles, the

length fof one'A sidei olf, the external; triangle being'equal'totwice'the width oiiaconductive l mentV of lifts and eachcoiitrolled by an` 1` apex of this 'triangle' and one of the` `oppos`ed n'apexes ofthe internal 'triangle being equal "to the., length or the si'dej of square ihaving threeyswitclies l, Y and -Z`,"three sole#v is therefore ali Ways secured 'by a single circuit. Itwillbe Roids Si, S- and S3 mi three Subsidiary tw0'.

J2 and J3, directly Vcontrolled 6 -and'fis` under theaction :of

for its diagonalv the' length of one` side of"t he external triangle. i v. 2. 4Electric 'aiiiii semev in' co inbinationwith" conductiye 'stripsfse one of itlietriai-igles,

'trailers under wlfiidlri s'ixlfrubberfs ffare tieeqiiilateral triangles,thi' fee electric y circuits :connected tothe ppl'es of' the "in 'combination wi h' a'ra'ce ormedo'fparallel Conductive strips separated by insulating strips and having successively different polarities, trailers under which six rubbers are mounted forming respectively the apexes of Y two homothetie equilateral triangles, atmotor,v three electriceircuits Connected to the polesL of the motor and each comprising two rubbers, a. solenoid and a. main switch controlledy by this solenoid, two relays mounted in the first circuit and a relay mounted in the second circuit.

In testimony whereof I hereunto afx my Y signature;

HENRI SOUPLIS. 

